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Yellowstone, August 2009
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I went to Yellowstone to check out the free photo workshops offered by Canon (click the WORKSHOPS button, and then click each park's tab to see its schedule). George Lepp was here this weekend, so coupled with FREE!, I couldn't resist.

Here are some snaps, most of them right as they came out of a Canon 5D Mark II.

I set saturation to +3 or +4 in Picture Styles (the six-pointed button on the left rear), and set white balance usually to Auto (AWB), and set WB trim to A4 (more amber). I also set exposure compensation to -2/3 for most of the daylight shots, as I do for all my Canon digital cameras when the colors are amped-up.

Once you set this, you get what I got below. All of Canon's current DSLRs have the same adjustments, so the results from any other current Canon, even older ones since the Digital Rebel XTi and 30D of 2006, would be indistinguishable. Use the 10-22mm lens instead of the 17-40mm L to get these wide angles on the 1.6x cameras.

 

Friday, 07 August 2009

We arrived last night.

This morning we had a great breakfast on the lake, checked out of one hotel, and then snapped away at the Grand Prismatic Springs.

Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring, 11:39 AM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L. I held the camera about a foot (30cm) above the ground.

 

Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring, 11:43 AM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L.

 

Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring, 11:46 AM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L.

 

Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring, 11:50 AM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L. I put the camera about a foot (30cm) above the ground.

 

Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring, 11:52 AM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L, eye-level.

 

River Styx, Hades

Shooters on the Boardwalk, 11:54 AM. Canon 5D Mark II, 100-400mm f/5.6 L IS at 400mm, hand-held.

 

River Styx, Hades

The River Styx, Hades, 12:01 PM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L.

We then checked into the Old Faithful Inn.

 

Old Faithful Inn

Old Faithful Inn, 12:57 PM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L, pointed up.

 

bathroom

Women's Room, Old Faithful Inn, 1:01 PM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L.

 

Old Faithful Inn

Old Faithful Inn, 1:03 PM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L, hand-held as are all these shots.

After checking into the Inn, we went to the workshop and checked into the free workshop.

 

Registration

Free Photo Workshop Registration, 12:51 PM.

 

Canon gear

Free Gear Handout Desk, 1:07 PM.

 

George Lepp Teaches

George Lepp Teaching, 1:31 PM.

 

Springs

Springs, 1:51 PM. (snapped with a 5D Mk II and EF 100-400mm IS L at 100mm during the class.)

 

Hades

Hades, 1:54 PM. (snapped with a 5D Mk II and EF 17-40mm L at 19mm during the class.)

 

Hogarth

Homage to Hogarth, 2:26 PM. (snapped on a 5D Mk II and EF 100-400mm IS L at 135mm during the class.)

 

Orange

Orange, 2:28 PM. (snapped on a 5D Mk II and Canon EF 100-400mm IS L at 135mm during the class.)

That was it for us at the workshop. Heh heh, I made some great snaps in just a couple of hours!

We packed it up, and headed over for lunch next to Hamilton's Store.

 

Flag

Hamilton's Store, just west of the Old Faithful Inn, 3:51 PM. Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L.

We drove around looking for animals later that afternoon, came back to hear a lecture by George Lepp, and then dinner.

 

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